Automatic-cooking-apparatus cooking-compartment.



R. M. G. PHILLIPS AUTOMATIC COOKING APPARATUS COOKING COMPARTMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, I914.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

3 SHEETSSHEET I.

mwmo H. M. G. PHILLIPS.

AUTOMATIC COOKING APPARATUS 000mm; COMPARTMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2,1914.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

3 SHE ETSSHEET. 2.

R. M. G. PHILLIPS.

AUTOMATIC COOKING APPARATUS COO KING COMPARTMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1914.

1,166,001. Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- J0 f g IRQSS M. G. PHILLIPS, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

AUTQMATIC-GOOKTNG-APPARATUS COOKING-COMPARTMIEN'L Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 11915,

Application filed November 2, 1914. Serial No. 869,$92.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross M. G. PHIL- LIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Cooking Apparatus Cooking Compartments; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure 1 a view in front elevation of an automatic cooking apparatus cooking compartment constructed in accordance with my invention, with the door open and the legs broken away. Fig. 2 a view of the compartment in vertical central section from front to rear. 'Fig. 3 a detached perspective view of the non-inflammable -absorbing ring. Fig. 4; a detached plan view of the shutter used as a closure for the ingress draft-passage. Fig. 5 a broken view partly in front elevation and partly in vertical section of one of the modified forms which my improved cooking compartment may assume.

My invention relates to an automatic cooking apparatus, and more particularly to a cooking compartment or oven therefor, the object being to produce a simple and convenient cooking compartment constructed with particular reference to taking care of the condensed vapors thrown 01f by the food during that portion of the cooking operation following the closing of the ingress and egress passages of the compart inclined in all directions toward a circular -ingress draft-passage 5 located in its center set on the inside at its lower end to form a seat 8 for an absorbinfg ring 9 made of asbestos or other non-in ammable material.

The ingress draft-passage 5 is closed V means of a disk-shaped shutter-like closure 10 having its lower face formed with a recess 11 for the reception of a circular absorbent pad 12 of asbestos or other noninflammable material, the shutter having perforations 13 to permit condensed vapors to pass through it into the said pad.

A flanged closure-seat 14 applied to the shell 15 of the bottom of the compartment providesa seat for the shutter 10 when the same is 1n its closed position. The shutter is formed with an offsetting arm 16 furnished with a depending hub 17 receiving a stud 18 depending from the shutter-seat 14, the hub 17 being held in place upon the stud 18 by means of a nut 19. A helical spring 20 encircling the hub 17 provides fpr swinging the shutter intoits closed posltion.

A wet steam pipe 21 located between the inner and outer walls of the bottom and sides of the compartment and embedded in the insulating packing 3 thereof, leads from the ingress draft-passage 5 into the housing 22 installed in the upper rear corner of the compartment for the reception of the damper or closure 23 provided for closing the egress draft-passage .24 which is formed within the damper-seat 25. The said damper 23 is furnished with a bail 26 engaged by a rock arm 27 mounted upon a rock shaft 28 journaled at its ends in a finefitting 29. The means provided for manually opening the shutter 10 and damper 23,

and for automatically controlling the said parts in closing, may be of any approved construction. Since such means form no part of my present invention, they are not shown herein.

To prevent any vapors thrown off from the food from working forward past the double walled door 30 of the compartment and dripping upon the floor, the four inner walls of the compartment are struck up to form a virtually continuous bead-like water brake or fender 31. The lower edge of the door 30 is furnished with a drip-flange 32 which overhangs the lower reach of the water brake 31 as shown in Fig. 2 whereby the entire inside of the compartment is drained into the inclined bottom 4 of the compartment, which is legs During the first period of the cooking operation, when theburner 34, whatever its character may be, is lighted below the ingress draft-passage 5, any steam thrown off be absorbed by the ring 9 until the same is saturated after which any excess liquid, if any, will be taken up by the pad 12 carried by the shutter 10. During the second period of the cooking operation, the driest of the steam will rise to the top of the oven, forcing'the wettest of the steam to the bottom thereof. By providing an outlet in the pipe 21 for the wet steam, the cooking operation is facilitated, since this permits the driest steam to constantly work downward and replaces the wet steam which hinders cooking.

When the burner is relighted for the next succeeding use of the apparatus, the heat developed will dry out the absorbing ring 9 and pad 12, the moisture thus drlven out being carried ofi by the draft of the apparatus. The said ring and pad are thus kept in readiness for service.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the bottom 35 of the compartment 36 is inclined in all directlons toward an absorbent pad 37 located in a shallow central recess 38 formed in the said bottom. A vent-pipe 39 rising through the said recess and pad provides for drawing off the wet steam. In this modified construction, the burner 40 which may be of any approved construction, is located W1thin but near the bottom of the compartment 36, the ingress draft-passage 41 of WhlCll is located in the right hand side Wall of the compartment and formed by a flanged spacing-ring 42. The said passage 4l 1s closed by a shutter 43 brought to a bearlng upon a shutter-seat 44, and having a sleeve 45 swinging upon the feed-pipe 46 of the burner. A helical spring 47 encircling the sleeve 45 provides for swinging the shutter into its closed position. The means for manually opening and automatically closing the shutter may be of any approved construction and are not shown herein. The compartment 36 is also furnished with an egress draft-passage furnished with a closure which may be of any approved construction supported, as shown by and which is not shown, nor the means for manually and automatically operating it, the 'said closures and means for manually and automatically operating the same forming no part of my present invention.

In the claims I use the term absorbent pad generically and with the intention of covering an absorbent mass of any material or shape. As shown in Fig. 3 the annular pad 9 is broken away as at 48 and reinforced by a gauze shield 49 to provide ready access for the wet steam from the passage 5 into the pipe 21.

"I claim:

1. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages,of closures for the said passages, a burner located adjacent to the said'inlet draft-passage, and non-inflammable means for absorbing the vapors condensed within the said compartment, the said means being positioned to receive the drainage of the compartment and the heat of the said burner.

2. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages, of closures therefor, a burner located adjacent to said burner, the bottom of the compartment the ingress draft-passage, and a non-inflammable-absorbent pad located adjacent to the being inclined toward the said pad which receives the drainage of the compartment and the heat of the said burner.

3. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages, the former being centrally located in the bottom of the compartment which is inclined in'all directions toward it for the draining of the vapors of condensation into it, of a non-inflammable absorbent pad located in the said passage, closures for the said passages, and a burner located adjacent to the said ingress draft-passage, whereby the absorber is dried out by the burner when the same is lighted.

4. In a. cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages and its bottom being adapted to drain the compartment into the former, of closures for draft-passage, and a burner located adjacent to the said ingress draft-passage and operating to dry out the said pad when the burner is lighted.

6. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment havingnon-inflammable absorbing pad carried by the closure of the said passage.

7. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages, the former being centrally located in the bottom of the compartment which drains into it, of closures for the said passages, a burner located beneath the said compartment below the said ingress draft-passage, and a noninflammable absorbing pad carried by the closure of the said passage, the said pad receiving the drainage of the compartment and being dried out by the burner.

8. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages, of closures therefor, a burner adjacent to the said ingress draft-passage, and a vapor pipe intersecting the lower end of the compartment for carrying off vapors thrown off by the food during that period of the cooking operation following the closing of the said passages.

9. In a cooking apparatus, the combina tion with a double-walled cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages, of closures for the said passages, a burner, and a pipe located between the walls of the compartment and intersecting the said ingress draft-passage for carrying oif the wet steam thrown off by the food during the period of the cooking operation following the closing of the said passages.

10. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages, of a burner co-acting with the said inlet draftpassage, and non-inflammable means for absorbing the vapors condensed within the said compartment, said means being positioned to receive the drainage of the compartment and the heat of the said burner.

11. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages and a door-opening, of a door for the said opening, a fender located within the said dooropening in position to prevent condensed vapors from working forward through the same, a burner co-acting with the said inlet draft-passage, and a non-inflammable body located adjacent to the said ingress draftpassage in position to receive the drainage of the compartment and the heat of the said burner.

12. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having ingress and egress draft-passages and a door-opening, of a fender located within the said opening and along the bottom of the said compartment, a door having a dripflange located upon'its lower inner edge and extending inward beyond the said fender, a burner co-acting with the said ingress draft-passage, and an absorbent body positioned to receive the drainage of the compartment and the vapor deflected by the said drip-flange and the heat of the said burner. I

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROSS M. Gr. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

Fnnnnnrc C. EARLE, M. P. NIoHoLs. 

